Contraband Days

Contraband Days is in its 52nd year of existence in Lake Charles. Saturday morning there were plenty of boats docked behind the civic center flying pirate flags.

This is a picture of the lake and the I-10 bridge.
Another tanker pulled in this past week. This ship is from Bermuda. The name is plainly written on the side of the ship and there are arrows towards the bottom of the ship to show the tug boats where to push. There is a website for ship spotting.

Get Ziggy

The Steelers first round draft pick was "Ziggy" Hood from Missouri, a defensive lineman.

Tyson Jackson became LSU's highest drafted defensive player going to the Kansas City Chiefs as pick number 3.

Another Ship

Another ship came in this week. This one was from Malaysia.

Tanker

I work near a industrial canal. Today, a large tanker came down the canal to deliver liquified natural gas. Notice all the tugboats that helped put the ship in place at the dock.

Garden Tour

Green beans and zucchini

Potato rows

Peas

Onions

Amaryllis

Weekend Pics

We went to Rao's Bakery in Beaumont yesterday. I love their decorated sugar cookies.

Winston loves ice.

Valentino's Pugs

Thanks to Harry Pugalicious I found out about Valentino and his pugs: flying pugs, cruising pugs, and modeling pugs.

Lightning Strike

We had lightning strike very close to the house Thursday night. It struck this tree and in the process took out the hot water heater, two cable boxes, internet connection, and a PC. The cable man came and replaced the boxes and restored the internet connection. We put in a new hot water heater this morning. The PC will not power up and so it was sent to the PC hospital.

Every dog's dream...to sit at the table.




Here are the two Blue Bell flavors in the freezer this week.

Lé chat est décédé

And then there were three...Toonces went to Kitty Heaven today. He made it to 18. The photo above was from Jan 2008 and the photo below was from this weekend. We have lost both our cats in a 12-month period. Both passed away from old age. Bubba passed away April 2008. He was 15-1/2.

This is a picture of Bubba from 2007.

Goodbye Basketball

LSU's basketball season ended yesterday. It was amusing to see the Duke fans cheering for LSU.
Spring college football practice has started. Preseason NFL football is only 4 months away.

Holly Beach

Last Saturday we drove down to Holly Beach. After Rita and Ike, they are still rebuilding. The Cajun Riviera extends from Holly Beach in Cameron Parish to Cypremort Point in Vermilion Parish. We also stopped and walked the Wetland Walkway in the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge. There were no gators out, just one duck. The nearby waterways were teeming with crabs.

We currently have Banana Pudding and Cherry Amaretto Cordial Blue Bell in the freezer.